Blog: The case involving this priest will really make your blood boil

I imagine that when most people read this story on Philly.com they gasped in utter amazement, shock and disbelief. After all, I had the same initial reaction.

While you are clicking on the link above I will tell you that the story in a nutshell is that a defrocked Catholic priest, accused but never charged with molesting kids, was hired by the Transportation Security Administration at Philly airport. His job? Security officer. And yes, that job included patting down passengers.

Thomas Harkins, the defrocked priest, was hired by the TSA around 2002 as part of the mass hiring it did after 9/11. They hired him before completing a complete background check. In 2003, according to Philly.com, the Philadelphia Archdiocese told the TSA that the priest had been removed from ministry because of allegations he had molested two young girls. Apparently, the TSA did nothing after it received word of the allegations.